Hawkers at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle Interchange area have vandalized a structure belonging to UCS facility management. An eyewitness, Philip Gyetu, who witnessed the incident, explained that the hawkers decided to vandalize the structure in protest against the beating of their colleague, who is believed to have been beaten to the pulp by personnel from ...
The Member of Parliament (MP) for Techiman South Constituency in the Brong Ahafo Region, Henry Yiadom Boakye, has appealed to donors and development partners in the area to come to the aid of the municipality to accelerate the pace of the area’s development. He also advised his constituents to plant trees not only to serve ...
Kyle Naughton’s first goal in more than six years helped Swansea to the brink of Premier League safety, as relegated Sunderland capitulated horribly. Naughton’s piledriver in first-half injury time coupled with Fernando Llorente’s early header eased the Welsh club to a 2-0 victory, and four points clear of Hull with a better goal difference. And ...
US President Donald Trump says he could announce a replacement for fired FBI Director James Comey by late next week. He told reporters it was “possible” he could name someone by Friday, before he leaves for his first foreign trip. Defence lawyer Alice Fisher was the first candidate interviewed at the justice department, US media ...
The Minister of the Interior has renewed the curfew imposed on the Alavanyo and Nkonya townships, from 8:00pm to 5:30am, effective Sunday, 14th May, 2017. This decision was taken on the advice of the Volta Regional Security Council and by Executive Instrument. contextly_sidebar id=”8vTFN8ovJqFenTGfEhuNXs0Q6ogJrlxm”]According to to the Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery , the government ...
Social commentator, Sydney Casely Hayford, believes the Gender Minister, Otiko Afisa Djaba, and the Northern Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu should have been dismissed for their recent public spat. Speaking on The Big Issue on Citi FM, Mr. Casely Hayford said their war of words disgraced the authority vested in them, as they ...
Angry soldiers have blocked off access to Bouaké, the second largest city in the Ivory Coast, as a revolt over a pay dispute continues. One of the uprising’s leaders said the soldiers were “ready to fight” if attacked. Sergeant Seydou Koné said they did not want to negotiate with anyone, according to Reuters news agency. ...
President Akufo Addo has reiterated his commitment to turnaround the country’s economic fortunes and expand the financial sector. He admits that his administration comes at a time that the banks are facing tough times which have impeded their growth and their ability to support industrial growth. According to the President, the policies being enrolled to ...
Manchester City held on to beat Leicester City and move back into third place after referee Robert Madley disallowed Riyad Mahrez’s late penalty for the Foxes. Mahrez, who had been brought down by Gael Clichy, had the chance to make it 2-2 but slipped as he took his spot-kick and touched the ball with his ...
Mukesh V. Thakwani, the founder of Delhi Public School (DPS) International Ghana, Tema, has been rewarded by the high-status international Socrates Committee of the Europe Business Assembly. He gained the “Best Educator’ for the year 2016 in a ceremony held at Oxford University in the United Kingdom (UK) for his hard work and accomplishments. The ...
The Member of Parliament for Asutifi North in the Brong Ahafo Region, Joseph Benhazin Dahah, has assured that he will soon open up on allegations of visa fraud leveled against him, and three others by the British High Commission in Ghana. “In fact, for now, I would not want to comment on it. At an appropriate ...
Ghana Rugby, under Presidency of Herbert Mensah, achieved two remarkable victories in two days by first winning the Rugby Africa Regional Challenge Group West 1 on 7 May 2017, just to follow it up with the astonishing appointment by the Council of World Rugby as Full Member of World Rugby on 9 May 2017. The ...
The Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, Charlotte Osei, has hailed the decision by President Akufo-Addo to appoint another woman for the position of Chief Justice. The President on Friday announced Justice Sophia Akuffo as the successor to Madam Georgina Theodora Wood, who will be retiring in June. Speaking at a SHE Summit held in Accra, the ...
Renowned Ghanaian-British architect, David Adjaye, has been honoured with a knighthood for his services to architecture, as part of Queen Elizabeth’s biannual honours programme. Sir David Adjaye received his award from Prince William, Duke of Cambridge at the official ceremony held at Buckingham Palace. Commenting on the knighthood, David Adjaye said he was “deeply honoured and ...
The “monster” in the Minister of Gender and Social Protection, Otiko Djaba, is “eating up”the New Patriotic Party (NPP), private legal practitioner and Mr. Amaliba believes the governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) failure to rebuke Otiko Djaba for criticizing former President Mahama during the elections, created what he calls a “monster”in the Minister, which is ...
The Council of State has backed calls for a total review of Ghana’s small scale mining laws. Chairman of the council, Nana Otuo Serebour, said it is evident that current laws have failed to sanitize the sector. Members of the Council of State commenced a tour of illegal mining areas in the Eastern Region on ...
About 60 per cent of Ghana’s water bodies is polluted, with many in critical condition, the Water Resources Commission (WRC) has said. Mr. Ben Ampomah, Executive Secretary of the Commission at a workshop in Ho, said the polluted water bodies were mostly in the south-western parts of the country, where illegal mining activities (galamsey) were ...
The Zuarungu and Bawku Nursing training colleges have jointly matriculated 453 general nurse and health assistant clinical trainees. The matriculation comprised of 295 nurses assistant clinical, 71 general nurses from the Zuarungu nursing training college, and 87 general nurses from the Bawku nursing training college. At the matriculation in Zuarungu, Principal of the Zuarungu NTC, ...
Authorities in Thailand have warned Facebook to take down content critical of the monarchy, or face legal action. The social media giant has been given until next Tuesday to remove more than 130 items from pages viewable in Thailand. Facebook says it does consider requests from governments to block material, and will comply if it ...
North Korea has said it will hold talks with the US “if the conditions were right”, South Korean media reports. A senior North Korean diplomat said dialogue with the Trump administration was possible following a meeting with ex-US government officials in Norway. Earlier this month US President Donald Trump said he would be “honoured” to ...
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